Waist-belt.



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WAIST BELT.

(Application led Sept. 15, 189B.)

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No. 627,864. Patented June 27, |899.

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WAIST BELT.

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CHARLES MESSICK, J R., OF HACKENSACK, NEV JERSEY.

WAIST-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 627,864, dated J une 27, 1899.

Application filed September 15, 1898. Serial No. 691,002. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES MEssIoK, Jr., of .Hackensack, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Waist-Belts, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

The vobject of my invention is to provide a waist-belt that may be attached expeditiously and readily to the suspender-buttons on the waistband of trousers or to buttons that may be particularly provided for such purposes; but the particular object of the invention is to provide a' belt of any character with a pocket adjacent to the buckle, the said pocket being adapted to receive the end or the beltv that is passed through the buckle, so that .when the belt is in position upon the body the end thereof which is passed through the buckle will not be Visible, thusv dispensing with the necessity of a loop, stationary or sliding,

and also preventing the free end of the belt from being carried from engagement with the body portion of the belt, as frequently happens in the ordinary form of belt.

Another object of the invention is to provide a double belt or 'a belt made in two parallel parts, so that the buttons employed to fasten the belt to the garmentwill not be visible when the belt is in place.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had'to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the inner face of a belt constructed throughout in two parts, the belt being broken away at or near the center. buckled. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is asimilar section taken on the line of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a like section taken on the line 6 6 of Fig.- 1 Fig. 7 is a section similar to the section shown in Fig. 6, illustrating a slight modification in 'tongue of the buckle.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the belt the location of the recesses adapted to -receivc the tongue of the buckle. Figs. 8 and 9 are face views of modified forms of the Fig. 10 is an inner face View of the free or tab end of the belt, showing a modification in the formation and location of the recesses adapted to receive the tongue of the buckle. Fig. 11 is a horizontal section taken practically on the line 11 11 of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a front elevation of abelt embodying the improvements and constructed of single form. Fig. 13 is a horizontal section through a part of the front portion of the belt and the buckle therefor on the line 13 13 'in Fig. 12, and Fig. 141s a section taken practically on the line 14 14 of Fig. 12.

The belt A, as shown in Sheet 1 of the draw-v ings, is constructed of two parts or membersan inner member 10, which is preferably made of leather or a like material, and an outer or cover memberll, which may be made of silk or other fabric, or of leather, if desired. The inner member 10 of the belt is provided near its upperedge with a horizontally-located'series of buttonholes 12, and the two members of the belt are connected near their lower edges by a line of stitching 13 and a line of stitching 14, which are at the tab end of .the belt, as shown in Fig. 1. At that portion of the belt to which the buckle Bis to be secured a pocket C is formed by stopping the line of stitching 13 a suitable distance from the buckle and providing for a shorter line of stitching 15, which isv located at or near the central lower portion of the pocket, as indicated in Fig. 1, and where the shorter line of stitching 15 is located a bridgepiece 16 is placed, which connects the two members of the belt. This bridge-piece is adapted to prevent the tab end of the belt when introduced into the pocket from dropping below the lower line of the belt.

The buckle B consists of a skeleton frame 17, which may be of any desired shape, a central longitudinal bar 1S, and a second longitudinal bar 19, located between the central bar and the outer or front side portion of the buckle-frame, as shown' particularly in Figs. 1 and 2. The tongue 2O of the buckle is pivoted upon the central longitudinal bar 1 8.

This tongue may be of the ordinary construction, as shown in Fig. .9, in which it consists of a narrow casting, forging, or plate, or the tongue may be formed as shown in Fig. 1, in which wings 2Oa are formed at the sides of the tongue, adapted when the tongue is in the locking position to bear upon the guide-bar 19 on the buckle, or the said tongue 2O may be constructed as shown in Fig. 8, in which the tongue is wider than illustrated in Fig. 9 and is provided with a projection 2Ob at the central portion of the end that is to engage with the belt for locking purposes.

In the double form of the belt (shown particularly in Fig. 1) at the tab end thereof a series of vertical apertures or openings 2l is made in the inner member 10, the apertures or lopenings 2l being closed at the outer face of the said inner member by a strip 22, which is secured to the said outer face of the inner 'member -by stitching or otherwise, extending over all of the openings 2l; but, as shown in Fig. "7, the openings 21 may be omitted and .the strip 22 may be secured to the inner surface of the inner member 10 ofthe belt, and verticalapertures or openings 23 under such construction are formed in the strip 22, and `these openings receive the tongue of the buckle in like manner as the openings 21. A further modification of a keeper for the tongue of the buckle is illustrated in Figs. 10 and A11, inwhich recesses 24 are made in theinner face of the inner member 10 of the belt. These recesses do not extend through the said inner member of the belt and are preferably of semicircular formation, the straight edges of the recesses facing the tab end of the belt. The buckleis attached to the pocket end of the double belt usually as shown in Fig. 3, in lwhich it will be observed that the outer member 1l of the belt is secured to the inner side `member of the buckle, while the inner or main member 10 of the belt is attached to the centralbar 18 of the buckle that carries the tongue 20. Thus it will be observed that the mouth of the pocket C is held open, and after the tab endof the belt has been passed through -the buckle and adjusted to the person, the tongue of the buckle entering the notched or lrecessed keepers provided for it, the tab end of the belt is passed through the mouth of the `pocket and into said pocket, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 and in positive lines in Fig. 3, thus insuringa perfect concealment of the free or tab end of the belt and likewise a `smooth finish for the belt at the buckle.

In Figs. l2, 13, and 14 I have illustrated `the application of the improved pocket to a single belt, Whichcomprises a body member 10, of leather or other fabric, and a second inner member 1l, which is attached by sewing or otherwise to the inner face of the main member l0a near the end adapted to receive A:the buckle, the attached member 11@L extending beyond the end of the main member 10, as shown in Fig. 13. The space between the two members lOfL and 112L forms a pocket C', that corresponds to the pocket C in the double form of the belt, and at the bottom of the pocket a bridge 16a is formed, corresponding to the bridge 16 in Fig. 1. The outer end of the attached member 11a in the single form of the belt is preferably attached to the guidebar 19 of the buckle B, themain member 10a of the belt being attached to the inner side portion of the said buckle-frame, as shown in Fig. 13, the tongue 20, which may be of any desired construction, being pivoted on the central bar 18 of the buckle, and the single form of the belt may be provided with any of the forms of keeper for the buckletongue heretofore described and illustrated in Sheet 1 of the drawings; but ordinarily and preferably the recesses 24 (illustrated in Fig. l0) are used in the single form ofthe belt. In the single form of the belt when the belt has been adjusted to the person the free end is made to enter the pocket C', being passed between the inner side of the 'buckle and the central bar 1S.

It Will be readily seen that the above-described device for concealing the tab end of the belt by means of a pocket may be applied to harness and straps in general.

Having thus described my "invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentg 1. A belt 'independent of the articleof apparel to which it is applied, the said belt being provided with anintegral end pocket and a buckle having supporting-bars for the mouth portions of the pocket, the said mouth portions ot' the pocket being attached partly to one and partly to the other of the said supporting-bars, the tongue of the buckle being attached thereto ata point between the mouthsupporting bars, as specified.

2. A belt comprising a body memberkand an auxiliary member attached at one end to the body member, the other extremity of the auxiliary member extendingunattached beyond an end of the body member, and abuckle provided with independent supports for the outer end of the auxiliary member and corresponding end of the body member of the belt, as specified.

3. A waist-belt constructed in two parallel sections, the inner `section being provided with a series of buttonholes, a buckle at one end of the belt, one member of the said belt being provided with openings to receive the tongue of the buckle, the other member of the belt concealing said openings, as andfor the purpose specified.

4. A waist-belt `provided. with a pocketat one end and a buckle at the pocket end, independent members of the buckle beingattached to the outer end portions of the pocket, and concealed keepers formed upon the belt, adapted to receive the tongue of the said buckle, for the purpose set forth.

5. A belt provided with a pocket atone IOO IIO

end and a buckle at the pocket end, indepreventing sagging of the end of the belt rependent members of the buckle being atcevedin the pocket, as specied.

tached to the outer end portions of the beltpocket, serving to normally hold open the CHARLES MESSICK JR 5 mouth of the pocket, the tongue of the buckle being pivoted thereto at a, point between the pocket-supporting members, and means for Witnesses:

J. FRED. AoKER, JNO. M. RITTER. 

